What is MDvista?

MDvista is a Silicon Valley Internet company, which develops dynamic next-generation telemedicine applications and services to enhance the quality and access of healthcare on a global scale. Vibrant worldwide physician and patient communities built around MDvista's products and services ensure an active exchange of clinical and scientific information.

What is telemedicine?

Telemedicine is the use of emerging technologies, e.g., Internet, wireless communication, to remotely deliver healthcare services. Globally, physicians are able to provide enhanced quality and access of healthcare to patients, e.g., remotely diagnose and treat patients, without being constrained by distance or time. Telemedicine applications span local and international physician-to-physician contact, e.g., case consultation including imaging through digital transmission, highest quality online professional education, and direct physician-to-patient encounters through Web-enabled remote monitoring systems.

What are MDvista's product lines?

MDvista's highest quality, trusted brand of telemedicine products and services are in three lines:

• Remote Monitoring In partnership with leading medical device manufacturers and physicians, MDvista develops Web-enabled applications for remote monitoring medical devices, enhancing clinical capabilities and patient outcomes.
  
  

• Professional Education MDvista offers physicians proprietary online educational programs, developed by world-class physician experts from leading schools of medicine such as Stanford, Harvard, Rush, and University of Chicago. MDvista's online educational products include:
  (i) MDvista Journal of Medicine^TM.
  (ii) MDvista Journal of Medicine-Greater China.
  (iii) Remote monitoring technologist training courses and in-depth disease knowledge base.
  (iv) Continuing medical education (CME).
  
  

• Diagnostic Clinics MDvista is developing state-of-the art online diagnostic clinics, beginning in Asia, offering outpatient diagnostic imaging services and remote diagnosis.

Where is MDvista expanding?

MDvista Greater China, a major initiative in business expansion, includes the launch in Fall 2000 of the online highly respected MDvista Journal of Medical-Greater China, with contributions from physicians at leading Chinese and United States schools of medicine and current healthcare news. More telemedicine products and services designed for the Greater China markets are in development. Building upon the successful partnership with physicians in world-class medical centers in the United States, MDvista is capturing major opportunities to further link Greater China to the global healthcare community.

When did MDvista become operational?

MDvista commenced operations in October 1999. Dr. Antonio Q. Chan, MD, MM, FACC, who founded the company, serves as Chairman and CEO. His vision and passion, supported by the MDvista team, is to enhance the delivery of healthcare worldwide via telemedicine applications based on Internet and wireless technologies. MDvista desires to enhance physician clinical capabilities and patient outcomes through remote monitoring, improve access to advanced medical services and highest-quality professional education in medicine, and bring physicians around the globe in closer scientific exchange and consultation. The company is located in Fremont, California, in Silicon Valley.

Where can potential investors and partners obtain more information?

Investor Relations
Christine C. Chan, Director, Co-founder
Phone: (510) 580-1800
Fax: (510) 580-1818
Email: cchan@mdvista.com

Where can physicians and other users obtain more information?

The MDvista website has email features under CME courses and MDvista Journal of Medicine^TM. Users also are invited to call the corporate office in Fremont, California, at (510) 580-1800 or fax requests to (510) 580-1818.

For other questions, contact:

Paula Y. Bagasao, PhD
Director, Public and Industry Relations
Email: pbagasao@mdvista.com